Parsing URL query in PHP

Question

Assuming a URL of www.domain.org?x=1&y=2&z=3, what would be a smart method to separate out the query elements of a URL in PHP without using GET or REQUEST?

  $url = parse_url($url);
  echo $url[fragment];

I don't think it's possible to return query parts separately, is it? From what I can tell, the query will just say x=1&y=2&z=3, but please let me know if I am wrong. Otherwise, what would you do to parse the $url[query]?

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Fragment should be Query instead. Sorry for the confusion; I am learning!

Answer 1

You can take the second step and parse the query string using parse_str.

$url = 'www.domain.org?x=1&y=2&z=3';
$url_parts = parse_url($url);
parse_str($url_parts['query'], $query_parts);
var_dump($query_parts);

I assumed you meant the query string instead of the fragment because there isn't a standard pattern for fragments.